Erling Haaland

Erling Braut Haaland (né Håland [ˈhôːlɑn]; born 21 July 2000) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Norway national team. A prolific goalscorer, Haaland is recognised for his pace, athleticism and finishing ability, earning him the nickname "The Terminator" by many of his admirers. He is considered one of the best strikers in world football. Haaland started his career at his hometown club Bryne in 2016, and moved to Molde the following year; he spent two seasons with the club before signing with Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg in January 2019. At Salzburg, he won two Austrian Bundesliga titles and one Austrian Cup. Haaland became the first teenager to score in five consecutive UEFA Champions League matches during the 2019–20 season. In December 2019, he completed a transfer to Borussia Dortmund for a fee reported to be in the region of €20 million. Haaland also won the 2020 Golden Boy award. In 2020–21, he was integral in Dortmund's DFB-Pokal win, won the Bundesliga Player of the Season award and finished as the top scorer of the Champions League. Haaland represented Norway at various youth levels. In the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Haaland won the tournament's Golden Boot, after scoring a record nine goals in a single match. He made his senior international debut in September 2019.

eFootball

eFootball, formerly known as Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) internationally and Winning Eleven[a] in Japan, is a series of football simulation video games developed and published by Konami since 1995. It consists of eighteen main instalments and several spin-off style titles that have been released on many different platforms. The series has consistently achieved critical and commercial success. In association football circles, PES/eFootball has a longstanding rivalry with EA's FIFA series. PES/eFootball is the second largest association football video game franchise after FIFA, with the rivalry between the two franchises considered the "greatest rivalry" in the history of sports video games. Listed as one of the best-selling video game franchises, the eFootball series has sold 111 million copies worldwide, in addition to 400 million mobile game downloads, as of December 2020. Konami also created a similar mobile game called PESCM or Pro Evolution Soccer Club Manager. eFootball has also been used in esports. eFootball.Open (previously named PES World Finals or PES League) is the esports world championship held by Konami annually since 2010.

FIFA

FIFA (/ˈfiːfə/ French: Fédération Internationale de Football Association, English: International Federation of Association Football Spanish: Federación Internacional de Fútbol Asociación; German: Internationaler Verband des Association Fußball) is a non-profit organization that describes itself as an international governing body of association football, futsal and beach soccer. It is the highest governing body of association football. FIFA was founded in 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, its membership now comprises 211 national associations. These national associations must each also be members of one of the six regional confederations into which the world is divided: Africa, Asia, Europe, North & Central America and the Caribbean, Oceania and South America. Today, FIFA outlines a number of objectives in the organizational Statutes, including growing association football internationally, providing efforts to ensure it is accessible to everyone, and advocating for integrity and fair play. FIFA is responsible for the organization and promotion of association football's major international tournaments, notably the World Cup which commenced in 1930 and the Women's World Cup which commenced in 1991. Although FIFA does not solely set the laws of the game, that being the responsibility of the International Football Association Board of which FIFA is a member, it applies and enforces the rules across all FIFA competitions. All FIFA tournaments generate revenue from sponsorship; in 2018, FIFA had revenues of over US $4.6 billion, ending the 2015–2018 cycle with a net positive of US$1.2 billion, and had cash reserves of over US$2.7 billion. Reports by investigative journalists have linked FIFA leadership with corruption, bribery, and vote-rigging related to the election of FIFA president Sepp Blatter and the organization's decision to award the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar, respectively. These allegations led to the indictments of nine high-ranking FIFA officials and five corporate executives by the U.S. Department of Justice on charges including racketeering, wire fraud, and money laundering. On 27 May 2015, several of these officials were arrested by Swiss authorities, who were launching a simultaneous but separate criminal investigation into how the organization awarded the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. Those among these officials who were also indicted in the U.S. are expected to be extradited to face charges there as well. Many officials were suspended by FIFA's ethics committee including Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini.[11] In early 2017, reports became public about FIFA president Gianni Infantino attempting to prevent the re-elections of both chairmen of the ethics committee, Cornel Borbély and Hans-Joachim Eckert, during the FIFA congress in May 2017. On 9 May 2017, following Infantino's proposal,[15] FIFA Council decided not to renew the mandates of Borbély and Eckert.Together with the chairmen, 11 of 13 committee members were removed

League of Legends

League of Legends (LoL), commonly referred to as League, is a 2009 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by Defense of the Ancients, a custom map for Warcraft III, Riot's founders sought to develop a stand-alone game in the same genre. Since its release in October 2009, the game has been free-to-play and is monetized through purchasable character customization. The game is available for Microsoft Windows and macOS. In the game, two teams of five players battle in player versus player combat, each team occupying and defending their half of the map. Each of the ten players controls a character, known as a "champion", with unique abilities and differing styles of play. During a match, champions become more powerful by collecting experience points, earning gold, and purchasing items to defeat the opposing team. In the game's main mode, Summoner's Rift, a team wins by pushing through to the enemy base and destroying their "Nexus", a large structure located within. League of Legends received generally positive reviews; critics highlighted its accessibility, character designs, and production value. The game's long lifespan has resulted in a critical reappraisal, with reviews trending positively. The negative and abusive in-game behavior of its players, criticized since early in the game's lifetime, persists despite Riot's attempts to fix the problem. In 2019, the game regularly peaked at eight million concurrent players, and its popularity has led to tie-ins such as music videos, comic books, short stories, and an animated series, Arcane. Its success has also spawned several spin-off video games, including a mobile version, a digital collectible card game and a turn-based role-playing game, among others. A massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on the property is in development. The game is often cited as the world's largest esport, with an international competitive scene composed of 12 leagues. The domestic leagues culminate in the annual League of Legends World Championship. The 2019 championship had over 100 million unique viewers, peaking at a concurrent viewership of 44 million. Domestic and international events have been broadcast on livestreaming websites such as Twitch, YouTube, Bilibili, as well as cable television sports channel ESPN.

Algeria

Algeria,officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is the largest country by total area in Africa and in the Arab world. Algeria is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to the west by Morocco; and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea. The country has a semi-arid geography, with most of the population living in the fertile north and the Sahara dominating the geography of the south. Algeria covers an area of 2,381,741 square kilometres (919,595 sq mi), making it the world's tenth largest nation by area. With a population of 44 million, and is the ninth-most populous country in Africa. The capital and largest city is Algiers, located in the far north on the Mediterranean coast. Pre-1962 Algeria has seen many empires and dynasties, including ancient Numidians, Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Vandals, Byzantines, Umayyads, Abbasids, Rustamid, Idrisid, Aghlabids, Fatimids, Zirid, Hammadids, Almoravids, Almohads, Zayyanids, Spaniards, Ottomans and finally, the French Colonial Empire. The vast majority of Algeria's population is Arab-Berber, practicing Islam, and using the official languages of Arabic and Berber. However, French serves as an administrative and education language in some contexts, and Algerian Arabic is the main spoken language. Algeria is a semi-presidential republic, with local constituencies consisting of 58 provinces and 1,541 communes. Algeria is a regional power in North Africa, and a middle power in global affairs. It has the highest Human Development Index of all non-island African countries and one of the largest economies on the continent, based largely on energy exports. Algeria has the world's sixteenth-largest oil reserves and the ninth-largest reserves of natural gas. Sonatrach, the national oil company, is the largest company in Africa, supplying large amounts of natural gas to Europe. Algeria's military is one of the largest in Africa, and has the largest defence budget on the continent. It is a member of the African Union, the Arab League, OPEC, the United Nations, and the Arab Maghreb Union, of which it is a founding member.

Raja Club Athletic

 Le Raja Club Athletic abrégé en Raja CA ou RCA (en arabe : نادي الرجاء الرياضي, Nādī ar-Rajāʾ ar-Riyāḍi ; en berbère : ⵔⴰⵊⴰ ⵏ ⵜⴷⴷⴰⵔⵜ ⵜⵓⵎⵍⵉⵍⵜ) est un club professionnel marocain de football basé à Casablanca, et l'une des sections du club omnisports éponyme, le Raja Club Athletic.

Fondé le 20 mars 1949 par des nationalistes et syndicats marocains dans le quartier populaire de Derb Sultan2, le Raja CA est un club notamment connu pour les succès de sa section de football, très populaire au Maroc. Seule équipe, avec le Wydad AC, à n'avoir jamais quitté l'élite du championnat marocain dès son introduction en 1956, le Raja siège au Complexe sportif Raja-Oasis où il effectue ses entraînements, et joue ses rencontres au Stade Mohammed-V depuis 1955.

Le Raja CA est la seule équipe arabe, avec Al Ain, à atteindre la finale de la coupe du monde des clubs. En 2000, Le Raja a été classé par la FIFA à la 10^e place au classement des meilleurs clubs au monde après ses prestations au Mondial de 20003, et a été classé par la CAF à la 3^e place des meilleurs clubs africains du xx^e siècle, après Al Ahly SC et Zamalek SC. le Raja est également, avec 17 trophées, le club marocain le plus titré du xxi^e siècle. Aujourd'hui, le Raja est le 5^e équipe la plus couronnée en Afrique avec 8 titres en compétitions officielles.

Club le plus populaire du pays4 et désigné par Marca comme le plus populaire du continent5, le Raja entretient des rivalités de longue date avec certaines équipes, notamment le Wydad, cette intense confrontation est connue sous le nom de Derby de Casablanca6. L'équipe du peuple affiche une supériorité sur son rival tant au niveau des victoires ou des buts,.

Rachid Andaloussi assure l'intérim à la présidence du club depuis le 14 décembre 2020, après la démission de Jawad Ziyat7. Le technicien tuniso-autrichien Lassaad Chabbi en est l'entraîneur depuis le 13 avril 2021.

Le Raja de Casablanca a battu ce samedi la JS Kabylie (2-1) en finale de la Coupe de la CAF au stade de l’Amitié au Bénin. Les Verts soulèvent leur troisième titre dans cette compétition après ceux de 2003 et 2018. C’est le neuvième titre continental du club de Derb Soltan entre la Ligue des champions, la Coupe de la CAF et la super Coupe d’Afrique. Avec ce sacre, le club casablancais encaissera 1,25 millions de dollars.

Lassad Chabbi a le sourire. Moins de cinq mois après son arrivé à la tête du Raja, le technicien tunisien a remporté son premier titre continental samedi 10 juillet au stade de l’Amitié au Bénin face à la JS Kabylie. Soufiane Rahimi (4e) et Ben Malango (14e) ont offert ce nouveau titre de la Coupe de la CAF au club marocain. Boulaya avait réduit l’écart pour les Algériens (46e). Malgré l’expulsion d’Omar Arjoune (63e), le Raja a su gérer son avance jusqu’au coup de sifflet finale. Les Verts ont pris l’ascendant dès le coup d’envoi de la partie. Avec Un Abdelillah Hafidi des grands jours, le Raja avait la maîtrise du ballon. Et sur une louche derrière la défense algérienne, Rahimi partie à la limite de hors-jeu bat tranquillement le gardien de la JS Kabylie, O. Benbot. L’arbitre Sud-Africain avait signalé hors-jeu, mais l’arbitrage vidéo a finalement validé le but de Rahimi. Très en verve après ce but, le Raja toujours dominateur a fait le break sur une action d’école. Oussama Soukhal a adressé un excellent centre vers Ben Malango qui a fusillé d’une frappe à ras de terre le gardien de la JS Kabylie. Le Raja aurait définitivement tué le match à plusieurs reprises, mais ses joueurs ont tombé dans leur travers. Le Raja regagne les vestiaires avec une avance de deux buts. De retour des vestiaires, les Algériens ont réussi à réduire l’écart par Boulaya (46e). Recroquevillé en défense après cette réduction de score, le Raja perd Omar Arjoune expulsé après un geste incontrôlé sur un joueur Kabyle. En infériorité numérique, le Raja a réussi à préserver son avance pour soulever son troisième titre de la Coupe de la CAF.

Lorenzo Insigne

Lorenzo Insigne, né le 4 juin 1991 à Frattamaggiore, est un footballeur international italien, évoluant au poste d'attaquant au SSC Naples, dont il est le capitaine.

Surnommé Il Magnifico pour son jeu esthétique et en clin d'œil à Laurent de Medicis, son efficacité lui permet de faire partie des meilleurs avant-centres mondiaux.

Son frère cadet, Roberto, est également footballeur.

Débuts à Naples (2010)

Formé par le grand club de sa province natale, le SSC Napoli, Insigne fait ses débuts professionnels lors d'une rencontre de Série A, le 24 janvier 2010 en entrant dans les dernières minutes à la place de Germán Denis lors d'un match contre Livourne.

Période de prêts (2010-2012)

Quelques semaines plus tard, il est prêté au club de Cavese.

En 2010, il part pour la Lega Pro Prima Divisione et le club de l'US Foggia (copropriété), avec qui il inscrit en tout 19 buts sous les ordres de l'entraîneur tchèque Zdeněk Zeman.

Le 8 juillet 2011, Insigne rejoint Zeman, acceptant un nouveau prêt en Série B au club du Delfino Pescara 19362.

Retour au Napoli (depuis 2012)

Le 20 juillet 2012, Insigne s'illustre en marquant le but de la victoire face au Bayern Munich (3-2) en match amical à la 83^e minute.

Le 16 septembre 2012, il marque son premier but avec le Napoli dans le championnat italien, contre Parme lors de la victoire 3-1 au Stade San Paolo3.

Le 3 mai 2014, il marque un doublé en finale de Coppa face à la Fiorentina, à la 11^e et 17^e, qui donne le titre aux Napolitains4,5de Rafael Benitez. Avant le match, un supporter napolitain du nom de Ciro Esposito est assassiné par balle dans la ville par Daniele De Santis, un ultra de la Roma. Alors qu'il venait au secours d'un bus assiégé par des ultras de l'AS Roma. Ce bus comportait principalement des familles accompagnées d'enfants. La tension est devenue palpable, sans que la situation ne dégénère. Le match d'abord menacé par la manifestation ultrà du Napoli menace le coup d'envoi du match qui sera quand même donné après échange des revendications6. C'est le premier trophée majeur remporté par Il Magnifico.

Insigne est auteur d'une saison 2016-2017 remarquable avec 18 buts inscrits en championnat.

Le 25 octobre 2020, il joue contre son frère Roberto lors du match Benevento - Napoli. Ce dernier ouvre le score et c'est Lorenzo qui égalise : les deux frères ont marqué pour deux équipes différentes lors du même match. La seule autre fois où un tel évènement se produisit dans l'histoire de la Serie A fut le 4 décembre 1949, lorsque István Nyers ouvrit le score pour l'Inter et Ferenc Nyers réduisit l'écart pour la Lazio7.